I am in here.
Maybe I don’t have enough sympathy for poor spellers, but I think there are just some things you need to do right. Spelling is one of them. Spell it like it is | spiked Many educators now consider the teaching of Correct Spelling as an elitist imposition that discriminates against the disadvantaged, or, in the … Continue reading Wherein "dumb" wins out
I have actually started writing poetry again, mostly my favorite: haiku. However, I seem only to be able to write them down by hand, and so don’t have them handy to post here on the blog. What I need is a bridge, an easy way to get them (or rather, remember to get them) from … Continue reading Poetry, again
No matter how much I try to lose myself in my writing, it never turns out to be possible. Has anyone else noticed that? I’m not talking about writer’s block. I don’t have that. I mean, writing what’s not an escape: either I do that, or I write mediocre stuff. Good mediocre stuff, but still, … Continue reading What I keep coming back to
We went to see Atonement today, and it was absolutely wonderful. I suppose I could write about it, but I don’t intend this to be a movie review. What is important to me now is its subject: no, not “love gone wrong” or “betrayal,” but that of getting the story right, like the Old Briony … Continue reading Thinking about a sentence
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